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will primarily be used to make 

recommendations regarding executive 

clemency and ensure proper notification 

to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, U.S. Probation 

Offices, and federal courts in the event 

of grants of executive clemency. The 

Authorization for the Release of Medical 

Information—Mental Health will only 

be collected once per application for 

clemency. 

5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

6. Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 1,000 applicants. 

7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 

Five minutes. 

8. Frequency: Once. 

9. Total Estimated Annual Time 

Burden: 84 hours. 

10. Total Estimated Annual Other 

Costs Burden: Approximately 700 

applicants are expected to mail in the 

Authorization for the Release of Medical 

Information—Mental Health, incurring a 

$.63 postage fee for each submission. 

This results in a total estimated cost 

burden of $441. Applicants will not 

incur any capital, start-up, or system 

maintenance costs associated with this 

information collection. 

If additional information is required, 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, 

United States Department of Justice, 

Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street 

NE, 4W–218, Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: November 28, 2023. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26429 Filed 11–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of the Federal Unemployment 

Tax Act (FUTA) Credit Reductions 

Applicable for 2023 

Sections 3302(c)(2)(A) and 3302(d)(3) 

of FUTA provide that employers in a 

state that has outstanding advances 

under Title XII of the Social Security 

Act on January 1 of two or more 

consecutive years are subject to a 

reduction in credits otherwise available 

against the FUTA tax for the calendar 

year in which the most recent such 

January 1 occurs, if advances remain on 

November 10 of that year. Further, 

section 3302(c)(2)(C) of FUTA provides 

for an additional credit reduction for a 

year if a state has outstanding advances 

on five or more consecutive January 1 

and has a balance on November 10 for 

such years. Section 3302(c)(2)(C) 

provides for waiver of this additional 

credit reduction and substitution of the 

credit reduction provided in section 

3302(c)(2)(B) if a state meets certain 

conditions. 

California, Connecticut, Illinois, New 

York, and the US Virgin Islands (USVI) 

had outstanding advances on January 1 

for two or more consecutive years and 

employers in these states were 

potentially subject to a FUTA credit 

reduction in 2023. However, 

Connecticut and Illinois repaid their 

outstanding advances before November 

10, 2023. As a result, employers in these 

two states are not subject to a FUTA 

credit reduction for 2023. California and 

New York did not repay their 

outstanding advances before November 

10, 2023. Therefore, employers in these 

states are subject to a FUTA credit 

reduction of 0.6 percent for 2023. 

USVI has experienced outstanding 

advances on January 1 for many years. 

Employers in USVI were potentially 

liable for the additional credit reduction 

under section 3302(c)(2)(C) of FUTA. 

The jurisdiction applied for the waiver 

of this additional credit reduction and 

the Employment and Training 

Administration determined that USVI 

met each of the criteria necessary to 

qualify for the waiver of the additional 

credit reduction. Therefore, employers 

in USVI will have no additional credit 

reduction applied for calendar year 

2023. However, because USVI has had 

an outstanding advance on each January 

1 from 2010 through 2023, and 

maintained an outstanding balance on 

November 10, 2023, employers in USVI 

are subject to a FUTA credit reduction 

of 3.9 percent in 2023. 

Lenita Jacobs-Simmons, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment 

and Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26457 Filed 11–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Consumer Expenditure 

Surveys: Quarterly Interview and Diary 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS)-sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before January 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202– 

693–0213, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Consumer Expenditure Surveys are used 

to gather information on expenditures, 

income, and other related subjects. 

These data are used to periodically 

update the national Consumer Price 

Index. In addition, the data are used by 

a variety of researchers in academia, 

government agencies, and the private 

sector. The data are collected from a 

national probability sample of 

households designed to represent the 

total civilian non-institutional 

population. For additional substantive 

information about this ICR, see the 

related notice published in the Federal 

Register on September 18, 2023 (88 FRN 

63977). 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

approves it and displays a currently 

valid OMB Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 


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Agency: DOL–BLS. 

Title of Collection: Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys: Quarterly 

Interview and Diary. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–0050. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 10,800. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 46,648. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

36,222 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) 

Nicole Bouchet, 

Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26455 Filed 11–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2010–0013] 

SolarPTL, LLC: Grant of Expansion of 

Recognition 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA 

announces the final decision to expand 

the scope of recognition for SolarPTL, 

LLC as a Nationally Recognized Testing 

Laboratory (NRTL). 

DATES: The expansion of the scope of 

recognition becomes effective on 

December 1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information regarding this notice is 

available from the following sources: 

Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor; telephone: (202) 693–1999; 

email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

General and technical information: 

Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director, 

Office of Technical Programs and 

Coordination Activities, Directorate of 

Technical Support and Emergency 

Management, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor; telephone: (202) 693–1911; 

email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov. OSHA’s 

web page includes information about 

the NRTL Program (see http://

www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/ 

index.html). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of Final Decision 

OSHA hereby gives notice of the 

expansion of the scope of recognition 

for SolarPTL LLC (PTL). PTL’s 

expansion covers the addition of one 

test standard to the NRTL scope of 

recognition. 

OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies 

that the organization meets the 

requirements specified in 29 CFR 

1910.7. Recognition is an 

acknowledgment that the organization 

can perform independent safety testing 

and certification of the specific products 

covered within the scope of recognition. 

Each NRTL’s scope of recognition 

includes (1) the type of products the 

NRTL may test, with each type specified 

by the applicable test standard and (2) 

the recognized site(s) that has/have the 

technical capability to perform the 

product-testing and productcertification activities for test standards 

within the NRTL’s scope. Recognition is 

not a delegation or grant of government 

authority; however, recognition enables 

employers to use products approved by 

the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that 

require product testing and certification. 

The agency processes applications by 

a NRTL for initial recognition, as well 

as for an expansion or renewal of 

recognition, following requirements in 

Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This 

appendix requires that the agency 

publish two notices in the Federal 

Register in processing an application. In 

the first notice, OSHA announces the 

application and provides the 

preliminary finding. In the second 

notice, the agency provides the final 

decision on the application. These 

notices set forth the NRTL’s scope of 

recognition or modifications of that 

scope. OSHA maintains an 

informational web page for each NRTL, 

including PTL, which details that 

NRTL’s scope of recognition. These 

pages are available from the OSHA 

website at http://www.osha.gov/dts/ 

otpca/nrtl/index.html. 

PTL submitted an application, dated 

June 1, 2021 (OSHA–2010–0013–0005), 

to expand recognition as a NRTL to 

include one additional test standard. 

OSHA staff performed a detailed 

analysis of the application packet and 

reviewed other pertinent information. 

OSHA performed an on-site assessment 

related to this application on August 

16–17, 2022, where OSHA found 

nonconformances with the requirements 

of 29 CFR 1910. PTL addressed the 

nonconformances adequately and OSHA 

has no objection to the addition of this 

standard to the NRTL scope of 

recognition. 

OSHA published the preliminary 

notice announcing PTL’s expansion 

application in the Federal Register on 

October 23, 2023 (88 FR 72794). The 

agency requested comments by 

November 7, 2023, but it received no 

comments in response to this notice. 

OSHA now is proceeding with this final 

notice to grant expansion of PTL’s NRTL 

scope of recognition. 

To review copies of all public 

documents pertaining to PTL’s 

application, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or contact the 

Docket Office, Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration, U.S. Department 

of Labor at (202) 693–2350. Docket No. 

OSHA–2010–0013 contains all materials 

in the record concerning PTL’s 

recognition. All submissions, including 

copyrighted material, are available for 

inspection through the OSHA Docket 

Office. Contact the OSHA Docket Office 

at (202) 693–2350 for assistance in 

locating docket submissions. 

II. Final Decision and Order 

OSHA staff examined PTL’s 

expansion application, their capability 

to meet the requirements of the test 

standard, and other pertinent 

information. Based on its review of this 

evidence, OSHA finds that PTL meets 

the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for 

expansion of its recognition, subject to 

the limitations and conditions listed 

below. OSHA, therefore, is proceeding 

with this final notice to grant PTL’s 

scope of recognition. OSHA limits the 

expansion of PTL’s recognition to 

testing and certification of products for 

demonstration of conformance to the 

test standard shown below in Table 1. 

TABLE 1—APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARD FOR INCLUSION IN PTL’S NRTL 

SCOPE OF RECOGNITION

Test standard Test standard title 

UL 3703 .................... Standard for Solar 

Trackers. 

OSHA’s recognition of any NRTL for 

a particular test standard is limited to 

equipment or materials for which OSHA 

standards require third-party testing and 

certification before using them in the 

workplace. Consequently, if a test 

standard also covers any products for 

which OSHA does not require such 

testing and certification, a NRTL’s scope 

of recognition does not include these 

products. 

A. Conditions 

Recognition is contingent on 

continued compliance with 29 CFR 

1910.7, including but not limited to, 


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